Dogs in the Vineyard is Brilliant

Last monday I played in a game of Dogs in the Vineyard. This game is fucken awesome!

My character is  Brother Ezekiel. As part of his initiation he failed to prove to himself that the mountain people (Native Americans) are not strong in their Faith. He was an orphan and was contacted by his blood relations (mountain people) to return back home, help look after them and abandon the Faith that nutured him into the man he has become. His belief in the Word of the Book of Life was challenged and he was tempted by them to leave the faith. He finally refused but his belief that the mountain people could be redeemed in the eyes of the King of Faith was destroyed. (As part of the fallout for that conflict I took a Trait that The Mountain People can never be set on the true path of Faith and also added further complication to the fact that he is of the Mountain Peoples blood)

After that we vistited a town that was under the influence of a sorcerous old woman who had formed a Cult and was practicing false doctrine. The Dogs eventually got her to repent her sins but she managed to challenge further Brother Ezekiel's belief in the Words of the Book of Life. He took another trait that the Love and minds of man can be more powerful than the Words of the King of life.

It was quite interesting that he started as being quite dogmatic (sorry no pun intended) however the first two conflicts he was in had shaken his beliefs to their very core.

Its really great the way that the conflicts in this game actually shape your character. You really end up striving to fail often as that is the way you develop your character.